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Recently awarded Best Sandwich Menu Variety from NRN’s Consumer Picks Survey, Jason’s Deli is known for providing healthy menu options and excellent customer service to millions of customers each year. Their goal is to delight customers and create a positive experience every time.
The Jason’s Deli IT department is no different. IT sets the same high standards for service delivery as Jason’s Deli does in their restaurants. IT partners with all areas of the business and wants to be “easy to do business with.”

Hopdoddy Burger Bar was founded in 2010 by restaurateurs Guy Villavaso, Larry Foles, Larry Perdido and Chuck Smith. The Austin, Texas-based fast-casual concept specializes in creative gourmet burgers and a vast selection of craft beers. After originally launching with HotSchedules, Hopdoddy has grown to 18 restaurants, with 1,000+ team members, most recently opening a location in Houston, Texas.

If you work in the service or hospitality industry, you know the business impacts of new legislation are a constant concern. Laws regulating wages, overtime and paid sick leave can affect the bottom line if your business doesn’t comply, and now a new beast is rearing its head. The Fight for Fifteen movement is gaining momentum, pushing for a $15 minimum wage and inspiring lawmakers to explore new legislation designed to improve labor scheduling in restaurants, and in turn, the lives of employees. What does that mean for your business? This eBook will break down what you need to know, from the impacts on owner-operators to ways you can get in front of the issue.

Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants prides itself on the personalized connection between hotel staff and guests. In order to be successful, their IT infrastructure needs to be agile, secure, and reliable.
After deploying EMC converged infrastructure from VCE, Kimpton achieved a 25 percent reduction in operating expenses, and they can now stand up virtual machines (VMs) in minutes to capitalize on business opportunities, compared to days or weeks with the old infrastructure. Read this customer case study to find out more about how Kimpton was able to reduce their costs while improving the performance of their IT environment.

If you’ve seen recent car ads, you know they’re as likely to promote applications and connections as they are styling and horsepower. But manufacturers aren’t the only ones pushing apps these days. Banks, airlines, restaurants—you name it—all are using them to attract and engage customers. This is the application economy; where every company is in the software business and user experience is the new survival of the fittest.

50% of guests do not want to be served by a robot but 80% of operators say robots will be cleaning restaurants by 2027
50% of guests want to be recognized without giving a name or loyalty card
54% of restaurant operators would like to see artificial intelligence helping with menu planning

A loyalty program can deliver a number of important benefits to restaurants, coffee shops
or other food and beverage operations. It provides restaurant operators with a way to
reward customers and encourage repeat business. It is also an effective, measurable
marketing tool – by gathering details about your guests, such as their e-mail address and
location or date or birth, you can target them with promotions to help grow your revenue.

Even with the rise of digital payments, cash is still a popular form of payment. According to the Federal Reserve, consumers use cash to pay for nearly one-third of all retail transactions.
For many retailers, a completely "cashless society" is nowhere in sight. Cash management remains one of the most important aspects of managing a retail operation, particularly at quick service restaurants (QSRs) and convenience stores, where transactions are smaller and cash is a preferred method of payment. This white paper, Boost Profitability by Automating Cash, sponsored by Fiserv and Fast Casual, details the steps to manage cash properly and boost profit for your business.
Uncover the top reasons and flexible options to automate your cash management.
• Time savings
• Theft deterrence
• Higher accuracy
• Better customer service
• Real-time data

Restaurants are complex businesses with a simple aim: great guest experiences that keep customers coming back for more. In order to achieve this goal, stores must deliver on the promise of a great product and exceptional service.
There are a lot of ways to make the equation work and each brand has its own unique mix of ingredients that bring the whole operation together to create a recipe for profitability.
There are also elements of a successful restaurant that are consistent across any operation. Restaurant executives have long been on the hunt for this elusive lever (or combination of levers) that systematically drive performance regardless of conditions.

What could you be saving by implementing a learning management system? This guide will show you the provable return on investment in an eLearning strategy; how an LMS can help your business lower print costs, reduce employee turnover, positively impact sales, and much more.
Whether you’re exploring the marketplace or building out your business case for online learning, this guide has the information you want.
As you prepare to move to a new LMS consider Clarifi Talent Development, the learning and performance management system designed for today’s workforce. It is the choice for leading brands like Brinker, Newk’s and Subway.
Unfortunately, many business owners either fail to see the value in ongoing training or don’t have the budget for it. Competition is fierce, margins are tight and learning programs can fall by the wayside. Sometimes the tried and true methods still get the job done. But all too often, on-the-job training is unengaging, expensive and inefficient.

Successful restaurants know just how important a solid inventory management process is to delivering a great product and experience. Even so, many restaurants today still struggle with ordering the right amount of inventory. Statistics show that restaurants waste about 10% of their food product, that’s money literally thrown in the trash!
There’s only so much time in a manager’s day to manually deal with all of it. This ebook will explore the exciting new frontier of intelligent restaurant operating platforms, and how modern inventory management systems can make the process easier and more successful for your managers.

Restaurant technologies have transformed drastically over the past decade, however there have been several misconceptions about the impact big data can have on restaurant operations. According to a Hospitality Technology study, only 23% of restaurants have confidence in overall tech innovation. When it comes to the state of technology many restaurants are still stuck with disconnected architecture, complex legacy systems, lack of visibility, and high maintenance costs.
These challenges ultimately intimidate restaurant operators to outdated systems and processes that significantly limit their business growth. This ebook looks at the four pressing challenges and presents one unifying solution.

There’s no two-second rule when it comes to the law, and in today’s legal environment, maintaining compliance is crucial now more than ever.
This ebook provides an overview of the labor laws that impact restaurants today and the high cost of non-compliance. It also presents the features of an automated system that gives restaurants the capabilities they need to meet today’s increasingly complex labor compliance regulations—so they can avoid the high price of non-compliance and create work environments that better serve their employees’ needs and rights.

For restaurants with hourly employees, time and attendance is a critical part of workforce management. Everybody clocks in and clocks out, but that’s just one small piece of the puzzle when it comes to juggling schedules and keeping the business running smoothly.
If it’s been a while since you upgraded your time and attendance software, you may be working a lot harder than you need to be. This ebook will show you how having the right time and attendance solution can simplify your management and make all the difference in how your business operates.

For restaurants with hourly employees, time and attendance is a critical part of workforce management. Everybody clocks in and clocks out, but that’s just one small piece of the puzzle when it comes to juggling schedules and keeping the business running smoothly.
If it’s been a while since you upgraded your time and attendance software, you may be working a lot harder than you need to be. This ebook will show you how having the right time and attendance solution can simplify your management and make all the difference in how your business operates.

To be successful today—and keep customers returning—restaurants must deliver outstanding customer experiences. And that customer satisfaction starts with employee satisfaction.
This Quick-Start Guide provides restaurant operators with strategic insight into how they can boost both employee engagement and customer experiences—including actionable steps and solutions to use to speed up the process.

What could you be saving by implementing a learning management system? This guide will show you the provable return on investment in an eLearning strategy; how an LMS can help your business lower print costs, reduce employee turnover, positively impact sales, and much more.
Whether you’re exploring the marketplace or building out your business case for online learning, this guide has the information you want.
As you prepare to move to a new LMS consider Clarifi Talent Development, the learning and performance management system designed for today’s workforce. It is the choice for leading brands like Brinker, Newk’s and Subway.

The restaurant industry is buzzing about automation. With labor costs expected to double and consumer demand for a seamless checkout experience, many restaurants are looking at technologies that can automate tasks in the front-of-house. But there are back-of-house processes that have yet to be fully automated. While auto-counting your inventory may be a thing someday, it’s not here yet.
So if you can’t automate the inventory management process, you can at least use tools that automate its more cumbersome aspects. Maximum labor output, higher levels of accuracy, and better accountability are possible with a system that automates certain tasks and enable manager productivity for on-the-job success.
After reading this eBook, you’ll know:
• The many inefficiencies generated by manual, spreadsheet-based counting methods.
• The innovations being made to inventory management technology.
• How modern, mobile inventory management tools will help your managers reduce costs and increase product

It’s harder than ever for restaurants to retain employees. Hourly workers have more job opportunities, especially with the rise of on-demand work in the gig economy. Now, restaurateurs don’t just have to worry about employees leaving to work at other restaurants — they need to worry about them leaving the industry altogether. In order to fight this turnover, restaurants need to provide employees with clear development opportunities in the workplace.
In this ebook, we’ll explore:
• How restaurants can invest in their people through innovative training programs
• The core aspects of developing an engaging development program in your business
• Success stories from three industry leaders in the field of talent development

The future is fast approaching. Are you ready?
For hospitality leaders, anticipating consumer trends and seeking innovations that enhance guest experiences are vital exercises that need to be practiced diligently. Now, more than ever – with the coming wave of disruptive technologies – taking these steps helps ensure success tomorrow.

In today’s booming world of dining the competition for loyalty is fierce. In just one city block you might find half a dozen artisan coffee shops, independent diners and high-end restaurants all jostling for customers. Consequently it’s no surprise to find that customer loyalty programs sit at the heart of so many eateries’ business strategies. For cafés, diners and restaurants, repeat business is an imperative. One-off bookings are great, but it’s the regulars who sustain business. Frequent visitor stamps, booking priority, a free glass of wine, invites to one-off events – all these strategies keep customers coming back for more. But how hard are these programs really working for businesses?

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